Public Petitions Committee, 19 Dec 2000

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 19, 2000

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Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee Tuesday 19 December 2000 (Afternoon)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:06]

Welcome to the 19th and final meeting this year of the Public Petitions Committee. I apologise for the fact that we are meeting in the cramped circumstances of committee room 3. We have applied to meet in bigger committee rooms in the new year, because this committee tends to be popular and to attract a large number of members of the public. There is not enough room here to accommodate both them and the petitioners.

I remind members that today we have a heavy agenda. There are 15 petitions to be dealt with at this meeting. Three petitioners will speak to their petitions. In addition, three members of the Scottish Parliament have indicated that they wish to speak to petitions. Linda Fabiani, Irene McGugan and Kenny Gibson will join us at some point during the meeting. We have received apologies from Margaret Smith.